rspec-2.5.0 is released!

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RSpec-2.5.0 is released!

This is a minor upgrade, and is fully backward compatible with rspec-2.4. It includes several bug fixes, enhancements, and one deprecation. See the changelog below for details.

We had a little glitch publishing the docs to [http://relishapp.com/rspec\](http://relishapp.com/rspec\), so the 2.5 docs won't be up for another day or two, so I'll detail the noticable differences here (and on http://blog.davidchelimsky.net/2011/02/06/rspec-250-is-released/).

## Autotest/Bundler integration

### --skip-bundler

RSpec's Autotest integration assumes that you want `bundle exec` in the shell command generated by Autotest if you have a `Gemfile`. This works fine for some situations, but not all, so we added an opt-out for rspec-2.5:

    autotest -- --skip-bundler

Autotest ignores everything after the initial `--`, so RSpec's Autotest extension handles the `--skip-bundler` option.

### Autotest's bundler plugin

Autotest ships with a plugin for bundler. Just add the following to a `.autotest` file in the project's root directory, or your home directory:

    require 'autotest/bundler'

This prefixes the generated shell command with 'bundle exec'.

### Implicit detection of Gemfile is deprecated

Given that Autotest has its own way of dealing with Bundler (see above), we deprecated the implicit assumption that `Gemfile` means "use bundler". You'll see a deprecation notice if you are relying on that, but it _still works_. It's just a deprecation warning. To silence the warning, either use the `--skip-bundler` option or Autotest's bundler plugin, described above.

## HTML Formatter

The HTML formatter now has a set of checkboxes in the header that allow you to filter what you're looking at:

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## to not, or not to not

Are you the sort of person for whom "expect this block of code _to not_ raise an error" is like nails on chalkboard? If so, relief has arrived. You may now type either of the following, and RSpec will happily service you:

    expect { ... }.to_not raise_error     expect { ... }.not_to raise_error

## Changelog

### rspec-core-2.5.0

[full changelog](Comparing v2.4.0...v2.5.0 · rspec/rspec-core · GitHub)

* Enhancements   * Autotest::Rspec2 parses command line args passed to autotest after '--'   * --skip-bundler option for autotest command   * Autotest regexp fixes (Jon Rowe)   * Add filters to html and textmate formatters (Daniel Quimper)   * Explicit passing of block (need for JRuby 1.6) (John Firebaugh)

* Bug fixes   * fix dom IDs in HTML formatter (Brian Faherty)   * fix bug with --drb + formatters when not running in drb   * include --tag options in drb args (monocle)   * fix regression so now SPEC_OPTS take precedence over CLI options again     (Roman Chernyatchik)   * only call its(:attribute) once (failing example from Brian Dunn)   * fix bizarre bug where rspec would hang after `String.alias :to_int :to_i`     (Damian Nurzynski)

* Deprecations   * implicit inclusion of 'bundle exec' when Gemfile present (use autotest's     bundler plugin instead)

### rspec-expectations-2.5.0

[full changelog](Comparing v2.4.0...v2.5.0 · rspec/rspec-expectations · GitHub)

* Enhancements   * `should exist` works with `exist?` or `exists?` (Myron Marston)   * `expect { ... }.not_to do_something` (in addition to `to_not`)

* Documentation   * improved docs for `raise_error` matcher (James Almond)

### rspec-mocks-2.5.0

[full changelog](Comparing v2.4.0...v2.5.0 · rspec/rspec-mocks · GitHub)

* Bug fixes   * message expectation counts now work in combination with a stub (Damian     Nurzynski)   * fix failure message when message received with incorrect args (Josep M.     Bach)

### rspec-rails-2.5.0

[full changelog](Comparing v2.4.1...v2.5.0 · rspec/rspec-rails · GitHub)

* Enhancements   * use `index_helper` instead of `table_name` when generating specs (Reza     Primardiansyah)

* Bug fixes   * fixed bug in which `render_views` in a nested group set the value in its     parent group.   * only include MailerExampleGroup when it is defiend (Steve Sloan)   * `mock_model.as_null_object.attribute.blank?` returns `false` (Randy Schmidt)   * fix typo in request specs (Paco Guzman)